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I Have a view that outputs nodes, and also a link to download files that are attached to these nodes. I'd like to know when a user clicks one of these links, so that I can log the event.

All attached files are files in drupal's public file directory, inside a directory at sites/default/files

Is there good approach for detecting a click or file download in this case?

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Module Track da files (despite its goofy name) tracks both public and private files. Here is a quote about it (from the module's project page):

... enables the possibility to track how much visitors are viewing files on site.

Every link to a file can be configured to be tracked. Then, a record is registered each time a visitor access the file from this specific link.

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  • Thanks, track_da_files looks interesting. In this case, I am excluding, then rewriting the link to the file, so I need to look into how I might adjust the view to use the field formatters provided by tdf. – Dave Bruns Oct 25 '13 at 22:38
  • Out of curiosity, how/why are you rewriting the link to the file? – jonpeck Oct 25 '13 at 23:18
  • These are practice worksheets for lessons, so I'm rewriting the url as a link that always displays "Practice", regardless of the actual file name. – Dave Bruns Oct 25 '13 at 23:23
  • Oh, okay, so the path itself isn't changing, just the label? – jonpeck Oct 25 '13 at 23:24
  • Right. My saying "rewriting" wasn't really clear, but I was talking about the "rewrite results" feature in views. – Dave Bruns Oct 25 '13 at 23:28

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